When combating smart criminals, smart analytics is one tool that the financial sector can’t afford to ignore. Not only by avoiding the direct effects of fraud but by avoiding regulatory costs, context-based computing can help banks evaluate the legitimacy of entities and identify their connections...

Which comes first—investment in forecasting, or investment in planning or scheduling? Discover how investing in planning and scheduling processes and solutions can bring benefits even when forecasting is lacking, and find out how IBM Analytics can help your organization start its advanced analytics...

The corner punch represents a time when CFOs depended on manual technology to do their jobs; today, they have automated, advanced analytics that deliver greater insight and collaboration than ever before. See how far financial planning, budgeting and forecasting have come even since spreadsheets...

Part 2 of 2

The concluding post in this series looks at the two other strategic pillars necessary to help ensure advanced analytics can guide the way to better decision-making. Using advanced analytics to embrace an agile culture and invest in an ecosystem of talent allows organizations to provide consistent...

September 2015, Issue 19

The Internet and social feeds are full of articles, blogs, news and more on the strides the public sector is making with big data and analytics. This Public Sector News series skims the newswires and culls highly interesting items that provide fodder for thought, discussion and debate.

The current Insight Economy demands a never-ending stream of data-driven discovery. Enter the data scientist—professionals who answer this demand by tapping into big data analytics to uncover emerging trends that help transform organizations.

Finance teams looking for agility and efficiency won’t find it in spreadsheet-based processes. To uncover vital business insights, a move to automated planning is essential. This summit details how the latest financial planning and analysis (FP&A) innovations can help finance teams drive their...

September 4, 2015| by
Susan Visser,
Social Lead for IBM Analytics - Financial Services Sector, IBM

If you took a vacation during August, as did many people, you probably need a summary of the great web content you may have missed. Here’s a recap of the top financial stories published on the IBM Big Data & Analytics Hub in August.